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H. CHRISTI-AN.

ADJUSTABLE GOAT HOLDER.

No. 364,803. Patented June 14, 1887.

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HANS CHRISTIAN, or VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

ADJUSTABLE COAT-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,803, dated June 14, 1887.

Application filed October 23, 1886. Serial No. 217,058. (No model.)

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved coat-holder which is simple and durable in construction and adjustable to any size.

. The invention consists of two shoulder-sup ports adapted to slide on a wire.

The invention also consists of various parts and details and combinations of thesame, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims. Y

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is an under side view of myimsame on the line A B of Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the under side of one of the supports. The shoulder-supports a a, preferably made of sheet metal, are each formed to correspond in shape to the relative part of the garment, and each is provided on its under side with ears or lugs 12, punched and formed from a part A wire, 0, is bent intothe shape shown inthe drawings, and its two outer parallel bars pass through the lugs or cars I), and thus carry on each side of the wire 0 the supports a a. The wire 0 is formed in its center into a loop,- f, on which is placed the swivel-hook d, and the ends of the said wirec are each formed into a hook, e, which projects from the front of the device and serves for holding other articles, such as hats.

Fig. 2 is a crossseetion of the It will be seen that the shoulder-supports a a can be moved inward and outward on the two parallel bars or wires 0, so as to correspond to the width of the garment at its shoulders, and as the shape of each support a is curved to the form of the'shonlder, part of the gar ment it is evident that the latter cannot get out of shape while suspended.

Garments when wet are very apt to lose their shape when suspended from holders now.

generally in use; but this is entirely avoided by my improved coat-holder having the adjustable shoulder-supports c.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. As an improved article of manufacture, a hanger comprising the single length of wire bent to form two sets of parallel bars, 0 c, the ends of the wire being coiled at the inner ends of the parallel bars and bent outward to form two hooks, c e, the rounded shoulder-supports a (I, having eyes or ears I) b on their under faces, through which pass the parallel arms, and a suspension device, substantially as set forth.

2. A coat-hanger consisting in the wire 0, coiled at its center, as shown at f, and inclined downward, then outward, and bent to form the parallel bars, the ends of the wire being coiled around the body of the wire at the inner ends of the parallel bars, the rounded shouldersupports a (I, having eyes or ears I), through which the parallel bars pass, and the swiveled hook d, connected to the coil f, substantially as set forth.

HANS CHRISTIAN.

I Witnesses:

EDMUND J UssEN, OTTo SOHEFFEE. 

